Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31009 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1989 recovered medieval coins, an unusual gilded brooch or buckle and a gilded horse harness pendant.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 62 10 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SW |
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| Parish: | WATLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before October 1994. Metal detecting. Grid reference supplied by finder.
Two medieval coins. See list in file.
Gilded medieval buckle/brooch, circular frame with raised ?cross. A low square boss to either side of projection. Constriction for pin not opposite projection, but at ninety degrees to it. Flattened, rectangular section, gilded on one face only. Very worn, pin missing. Unusual.
Medieval gilded horse harness pendant. Looped rectangular mount engraved with cross which is set within an outer quatrefoil frame. Dome-headed rivet in centre of cross.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA) and J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 October 1994.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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